Since 2008, JATA has collaborated with various travel-trade related organizations and engaged in multiple activities to achieve the goal of 20 million Japanese overseas travelers. Since the peak of 18.49 million overseas travelers in 2012, the number of those who traveled abroad decreased for several consecutive years. In 2015, JATA undertook several major initiatives aiming at the revitalization of Japanese overseas travel, including promotions of travel to China and South Korea. As a result, the Japanese overseas travel in 2016 is expected to recover to the 17-million level.

In order to further increase the current momentum, JATA will establish a council under the name “Japan Outbound Tourism Council.” The council is part of the activities of JATA and will aim at facilitating information which will be mutually beneficial for its members. The council will consist of JATA member companies, foreign national tourism offices in Japan, foreign embassies, tour operators, accommodation facilities, carriers, media and other related business organizations. Under the leadership of JATA, the council will work to realize promptly the goal of 20 million overseas travelers by planning and conducting further promotional activities.

The main activities consist of specialized lectures at general meetings, B2B networking, a theme-based forum, destination seminars and training in accord with the five area subcommittees (Europe, Near and Middle East & Africa, Asia, North, Central and South
America, Oceania and Pacific) and network reinforcement with the JATA local offices.

The activities of the council will be overseen and managed mostly by the Board members as described below

①Chair and Vice-chairs of the JATA Overseas Travel Promotion Committee (the number is to be decided)

②Foreign national tourism offices (to be decided)

③Embassies (to be decided)

④Advisers (to be decided)

The Board of the Council is to call for and conduct the meetings of the council, set the area working groups and act as a representative of those working groups. The board is to oversee the activities of the working group through the council’s secretariat.

The board is authorized to call on trade specialists (non-members) within the available budget in order to facilitate pro-active information exchange for the benefit of the council’s members.

4. 会長（Chair）

会長はJATA海外旅行推進委員会委員長とする。副会長（複数名）については協議役員会で候補者を互選し、総会の承認を以って任命する。

The Chair of the JATA Outbound Travel Promotion Committee is to be the chair of the Japan Outbound Tourism Council

5. 活動内容（Activities）

促進協議会の主な活動内容は以下の通り定める。

①アウトバウンド促進活動全般

②年4回のテーマ別フォーラム開催

③各種セミナー開催

④年2回のメンバー交流会開催

⑤年1回のメディアアワード表彰

⑥その他、設立目的を達成するに必要なもの

⑦広報：アウトバウンド促進協議会の活動内容を国内外に英文にて広報する。

Major activities of the council will include:

①General overseas travel promotion activities

②The Council is to convene 4 times a year and conduct theme meetings

③Promotional seminars

④The members of the forum are to meet for opinion exchange twice a year

⑤The forum is to present a media award once a year

⑥Other activities necessary for achieving the goals of the council

⑦Reports: the activities and the results will be reported in English to involved and interested parties within and out of Japan.

6. 入会審査（Membership）

①入会は、協議会役員会の承認を必要とする。

②入会金は収受しない。

①The Board of the Council is to approve the admission of all members

②Admission is free of charge

7. 年会費（Annual membership fee）

年会費は、下記の通りとする

①JATA正会員、JATA賛助会員、大使館・在日政府観光局・航空会社、JATA定例記者会見参加メデイアは無料とする。

②上記7．①以外の観光産業関連団体・企業は年間30,000円とする。

③上記2．のカテゴリーに当てはまらない団体・企業についてはその都度協議する。

The membership for the organizations willing to join the Council will be collected as described below

①JATA full and allied members, embassies, foreign national tourism offices, airlines and trade media that participate in the regular JATA news conference will participate free of charge

②The membership fee for travel trade related business organizations other than those mentioned in 7.① is to be 30,000 JPY per year

③The membership fee for any organizations apart from those mentioned in 2 is to be discussed case by case